Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-23
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didates on the Republican ticket were
elected. 1t is now said that the women knew
that these two men were domestic tyrants
and party lines disappeared before this 1act'
REV. MARCUS RAINsFoRD is probably the
first clergyman to preach in a Sc wer. When
a new sewer in the north of London was re-
Gently being built Mr.. Rainsford, whose WORK
Is among the people OF that nelghDornoou,
went into the sewer one evening ana held
service for the workmen.
A PERFECT RECITATION is called tear"
at Princeton, ''squirt" at Harvard, "sail' at
Bowdoin, rake" at Williams, and 'coId
rush. at Amherst. failure in recitatlo
receives the title of slump at Harvard,
"stump" at Princeton, ''smash" at Wes-
leyan, and funk" at Amherst.
A FARMER living near Quincy, H., says
that while out feeding his chickens one morn
ing recently four wild geese came flying to-
ward his barhyard, and after circling above
him several times lit among his chickens. He
caught one of them, wnereupon the others
attacked him viciOusly. He finally managed
tosecure second one, ana after a sharp en-
counter drove OF the other two.
TIE extent or degree of the oscillation OF
chinneys has been exactly measured by OBJ
servation of the shadows cast by the sun upon
the glound. An instance in point is that of
chimney lis feet high and four feet In diane
ter externally at the top, near Narcotics,
France tine oscillations of which were OBJ
served BY the shadow during high wind to
attain amaximum of twenty inches.
THERE was a missionary conference il Eu-
faula, l. T., recently, and an appeal was
made to the Indian congregation for money to
send the gospel to those that had it not. There
were 500 persons in the congregation, and the
collection amounted to $3.50, many of the In
dams giving ali the money that they had
with them, and some of the girls throwing
bracelets, rings and other jewelry into the
collection baskets.
JOHN BEAUCHAMP, a big negro of Louis
VILE, bet hat he could eat sixty eggs in as
many minutes. The wager was accepted,
and the other evening ne appeared with FIVE
dozen eggs and a skillet, and the match be-
gan. lie cooked the eggs himself and ate
twenty seTen in six minutes. The remaining
thrty-three disappeared more slowly, but
none was left when time was called. The
eater coult hardly speak when he had fin
lshed, and had to be helped to his feet.
AN English newspaper, in a report of a ball
given by rector to his flock in hotel in
London. saws: 1.-The rector was Che life and
soul of the entertain ment, and, following the
fashion, joined with his clergy in minuet,
in which be and tnev had been very care
fully coached by member of the congrega-
ton, once a danseuse at the Alhambra.
Church and stage met indeed. several actors
and actresses being guests. The young men
present are most of them employed in the
larger city warehouses;"
SIDNEY WELSH, an English burglar, re-
Gently arrested IN Cleveland, was apparently
dead when his cell was visited the other day.
Slaps, shakings and cold water failed to re-
we him. 1t was thought that he had
poisoned himself, and a doctor came with
stomach pump and Welsh was emptied. He
still remained dead. BY this time the doctor
was led to believe that Welsh was shamming,
so he gently tickled him in the ribs and then
no
himself remarkable shammer.
PROF. ICHIsUKE FUJIoKA, graduate of I'm
perial College of Engineers, Toxic, japan
and 5. Yashima have been in this country
since December last investigating electrical
appliances of all kinds, with view to their
introduction in Japan. They are at present
in Philadelphia. Prof. Fujoka, who speak a
English fuently. says: I'VE have the incan-
descent system in several of our factories
but do not use the lights for general illumin-
ating purposes. / expect to go back in July,
and Will advocate the general introduction Of
electricity in all its forms"
AN INDIAN of Owens Valley, Cal, hailed a
passing doctor the other day and asked HIM
to look at his sick child. The doctor saw th at
the little fellow was at deaths door. and told
his father that he could do nothing for him
but the Indian insisted that it must have
some white mans medls." and to satisfy the
anxious father the doctor prepared a sim ple
medicine. Next day the Indian called at the
doctors Office and said: "Pappoose dead
maybe SO your medis heap kill UNI; YOU buy
um box, make UNI grave; you kill UNI ali
same white man, put UNI in ground all same
white man."
MORTIMER MCRoBERTS and Maude C.
Mansfield were married in Cincinnati the
other day, and, after the ceremony, Nc
Roberts went to the hotel office to paw his
bill, carrying small hand bag. After get
ting receipt, he hurried TO his BRIDE leaving
the bag on the floor under the cashier's win
dow. In about fifteen minutes he returned,
pale as ghost, and gasped: did l leave nv
satchel here" Without a word the clerk
handed 1t to him, and with a sigh of relief he
grabbed and opened it. Then the eyes of the
clerk stuck out with astonsha1enJ for the
bag was full OF money. 1t contained round
$4,000.
REV. BERRY ROBINSON, colored minister
at Fayette, Mo-, has adopted the following
original marriage service: "Thy kingdom
come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in
Heaven; do you so promise me as To live to-
gether In the holy odency of wedlock as ia
cob, Isaac and Becky? Give us this dav onr
daily bread. as we forgive our debtors, and |
now pronounce you man and wife, and lead
us not into temptation, and if there be anv
man present what objects why these Young
couples shall not be nited in the holy odency
OF wedlock, let them now forever speak or
hold their peace. for Thine is the Kingdom.
and the power. and the glory, amen"
LITERARY MEN. as a rule, die nobly. They
seem to meet death with philosophical ouet
ude, as did the great Victor Hugo not long
ago. Rosseau, 1t is said, when dying, ordered
his attendants to place him before the win
dow, that he might once more behold the SET
ting sun and take his fare well of earth Pc
trareh was found dead in his library, with
his head upon book. We are NOT told thar
that book was q Bible. Barthelemv was read
ing Horace. we are informed, when, his hand
becoming cold, he dropped the book, his head
inclined to one side, and he seemed only to
sleep. His nephew, however. discovered that
he was dead. Bayle expired while correcting
the proof sheets of his dictionary Waller
died repeating some lines of Virgil. Although
taken away in the "mdst of lifer keats end
did not come so suddenly. When near death
he was asked by friend how he felt. Better,
my friend" said he, ~ feel the daisies grow.
ing over me-" "Disraeli, too, describes Sir
Thomas More's execution ''Sir Thomasn
he says, Ibid not forego his love OF lest, even
when mounting the scalrold." The stout
hearted knight, 1t appears, disturbed the OPP
presslye solemnlty Of the scene by exclaiIn-
ing: Il pray you see me safe up; and. for nv
coming dow n, let me shift for myself
JUSTICE GEORGE G. BARRETT, before whom
are brought many of the great criminal cases
in New York city, said recently that he
found the trial o. an important criminal of
intense interest. Nothing Is more fascinat.
ing" he said, than the arguments of keen
and sagacious counsel. / think, too. that I
can do more good to the people in such trl ala
than IN the adjudication of civil cases and the
adjustment of merely private wrongs. Tue
law Is only plain statement OF the limits of
good conduct in civilized community, 1t il
often 0lsOhpVad hAHnnka Ia not a.